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JOSEPH S. MARES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CARRIAGE-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,137, dated November9, 1880.

Application filed September 17, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH S. MARES, of St. Louis, Missouri, have made anew and useful Improvement in Carriage-Springs, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theannexed drawings, Inakingpar't of this specification, in which- Figure 1is a view, in perspective, of a carriage-gear having the improvement,aportion of one of the wheels being broken away; Fig. 2, a view, inperspective, of the rear end of the gear; Fig. 3, a detail, being a viewfrom underneath, showing the connection of the end spring with the othersprings; Fig. 4, a detail, being a view from underneath, showing theconnection of the end spring with the forward axle; and Fig. 5, adetail, being a view from underneath, showing the connection of the endspring with the rear axle.

The same letters denote the same parts.

The present invention is an improvementin side-bar vehicles. By means ofit an easy-riding carriage is obtained. The oscillation, bothlongitudinal and lateral, of the carriage-body is prevented. The springsin their action do not strain the body, andin its general appearance thegear is light and tasteful.

It consists, mainly, in systems of springs arranged near thecarriage-axles, respectively, and constructed and combined substantiallyas hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the hind axle, B the front axle,(J the bolster, and D D the side bars, of a carriage having theimprovement, and all of the usual description.

E E represent springs extending from side bar to side bar. The springsare in two parts, 0 and e, which, by means of the clips F F, areconnected with the side bars, and at their inner ends jointed to adouble clip, G-that is, the parts 6 c are attached to clips g 9,respectively, and the clips 9 g are united by a plate, 9

H H represent springs leading from the front and hind gears,respectively, to the clips G G, the connections of the springs H H withthe gears being by means of the clips h h, and with the clips G Gpreferably by rivetin g the springs to the plates g 9 The parts 6 e ofthe springs E E, when united as described, have, generally considered,

' the appearance of a semi-elliptic spring curved reversely at its ends.The springs H H are curved suitably to enable the springs E E to vibratevertically without straining their connections with the side bars, theiraim being to supplement the action of the springs E E and to preventoscillation of the latter in the direction of the longitudinal axis ofthe carriage.

The carriage-body is attached to the plates g g, which may be lengthenedand widened, as desired, to afford proper bearings for the body.

The perch I may be used or not, as desired.

The clip by which the spring H is connected with the forward gear isshaped as shown in Fig. 4, the clip-plate 7& extending beneath the axleand up against the bolster G, to which it is fastened. The king-bolt Jpasses through a perforation in the plate h I claim- 1. In combinationwith springs extending from side bar to side bar, the springs H H, forthe purpose described.

2. In combination with a spring extending from side bar to side bar, andmade in parts, the end spring, H.

3. The combination of the side bars, D D, springs E E, made in parts 6 cand united by the clips G G, and springs H H, the latter extending fromthe front and hind gears of the carriage, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the side bars, D D, axle A, spring E, made inparts e 6, clip G, and spring H, the latter being riveted to the clip Gand jointed to the axle A, substantially as described.

JOSEPH S. MARES.

Witnesses:

CHAS. D. MOODY, H. V. P. DRAPER.

